Sir Thomas Neil Morris Waters (10 April 1931 – 7 June 2018) was a New Zealand inorganic chemist and academic administrator who served as vice-chancellor of Massey University from 1983 to 1995.

[4][5] His doctoral thesis, supervised by David Hall, was titled The colour isomerism and structure of some copper co‑ordination compounds.

[4] In 1969, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Auckland on the basis of published papers submitted.

[4] In 1983, Waters was appointed as principal and vice chancellor of Massey University, serving in that role until 1995.

[4] From 1997, Waters was an honorary senior research fellow at Massey University's Albany campus, where his wife Joyce was a professor of chemistry.